How to recover deleted photos on android

The diverse and rapid development of the mobile device market and the availability of modern android phones samsung, lenovo, xiaomi, huawei, zte, lg, honor, htc, sony, philips, etc. allow users to access previously unparalleled functionality.

They can send messages, video conference with friends and family, quickly take notes, play visually appealing games, record high-quality videos, take photos, and more.

However, it should be noted that with the development of available features, there is also an increase in the number of malware, system errors, required software updates and common human errors that can lead to the loss of important data.

One of the most common problems that Android users face is the risk of accidentally deleting important data, such as photos.

For many users, their private photos allow for the safe storage of precious memories.

My wife recently accidentally deleted a photo and video from a Samsung Galaxy android phone where our son went to first grade for the first time.

She almost lost her mind. Her first thought was, of course, whether it is possible to recover deleted photos from the phone's memory - and this guide appeared.

I deleted a photo from my phone - is it possible to recover

Yes, you can, you can recover photos from a Samsung galaxy, lenovo, htc, asus, lg, nokia lumiya, bq, mi5s, zte, xiaomi, sony, fly, honor, meizu, alcatel, mts and all the others.

You can restore through a computer, without a computer, without root, with root, for free, from the phone's memory (from the gallery) and a memory card, and all this is completely free.


Only if you are trying to pull off such an operation a year later, it may not work, since the place will most likely be overwritten several times.

Therefore, if you accidentally deleted a photo, quite recently it is not the end of the world, as there are effective ways to get back lost photos on your android phone.

How to recover a deleted photo from an android phone through a computer without root

Android phones do not have their own integrated data recovery tool, but there are extremely effective photo recovery programs from external developers.

These programs are also available for computers, through which you can recover lost photos and directly for android.

Many other types of data can also be recovered, such as text messages, contacts, videos, and music.

If you restore through a computer, then the free Resuva program has proven itself to be excellent.

It is very easy to use and will allow you to recover lost photos from formatted, disabled, faulty and virus-infected SD cards.

The program has a built-in preview feature that allows users to check the contents of individual files and photos before recovering them.

This feature is especially useful as it saves time associated with restoring unnecessary files. Below is a quick guide

Recover photos from android with T2J Photo Recovery without root

T2J Photo Recovery (DiskDigge) is a free tool available on play store that allows you to recover deleted photos from android phone. DOWNLOAD (it is not on the play market).

The application does not require root rights and you can run it from both internal memory and external memory.

The tool displays deleted images/photos as thumbnails, which can be restored to JPG files in full size.

The application does not take up a lot of memory resources (only 131K) and is available for android 2.2 and later. After launch, click on the line "Start a simple search."

The scanning process will begin.

Soon you can see what deleted files were found. I didn't have a single photo on my phone, but the program found 143 photos that had been deleted a long time ago.

Now put the birds in front of the pictures you want to return and click "Restore".

You will be prompted to choose where to put the recovered photos. I choose on the phone.

Then enter the exact location. After finishing work, no matter what place you specify, you will always find them in the gallery.

Recover photos from android with Recuva

The fastest way to restore a photo is to connect your phone to a computer or an SD card to a laptop and.

Only many android phones such as Nexus and Samsung Galaxy don't appear as external drives.

You will see a different icon instead of a disk and will not be able to launch Recuva because access to the device is being blocked.

WARNING: if your phone does not appear as an external drive, you cannot use Recuva.

The only solution is to get root rights, but it's not so easy for novice users, and even more so on android 4. 4, 5.1 6.0, 7.0 - in a word, on all versions above android 4.2.

If, when connecting the phone to a computer, the phone appears as a new external hard drive, it will work as a flash memory (as an external drive).

Launch the Recuva application and follow the wizard's prompts for the next steps to restore your photo. At first, the phone will ask you to allow access - allow it.

NOTE: If the device is not automatically recognized, then you need to enable "USB Debugging" on your phone by clicking the "Settings" button and then "Developer Options".

If there is no developer options section, then you need to go to the "About device" section, then "Software information" and quickly click on "Build number" four times.

After launching the Resuva program, choose to scan only images to search for deleted photos.

When the scan is completed, you can see what Recuva was able to find on the SD card or in the device's memory.

If you have more time, you can use Advanced Scan, which is slower but more efficient.

Note: Make sure your phone has the correct battery level. It is recommended to connect the phone to a charger or at least it should have 20% charge.

Go to "Gallery" section to recover deleted photos from your Android phone easily.

Tips for the future to recover files on android phone

In order to avoid similar problems in the future, you can do two things. First, install (recycle bin), which protects photos and other files from accidental deletion.

Thanks to him, the system will not delete the file completely, but will be placed in the trash, from which you can instantly restore.

Another option is to enable automatic backup of photos and videos on Google+.

When you synchronize files, all images are stored in the cloud, and you will have access to them from any device. This is a very useful feature.


You can also use other apps to back up photos to Flickr or Dropbox.

Now you know how to prevent losing your precious photos and store them safely on your mobile devices.

The above photo recovery methods will allow you to easily recover lost photos on your phone from anywhere: from the gallery (internal memory) and memory card.

To protect against future photo loss, periodically sync your phone contents or back up your important data on your computer. Good luck.